Sun Daolin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Sun Daolin
Born	Sun Yi-liang 孙以亮あきら (1921-12-18)December 18, 1921 Beijing, China
Died	December 28, 2007(2007-12-28) (aged 86) Shanghai, China
Occupation(s)	Actor and film director
Years active	1940s-2000s
Spouse	Wang Wenjuan ​ (m. 1961⁠–⁠2007)​
Children	1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	孫まご道どう臨
Simplified Chinese	孙道临
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūn Dàolín

Sun Daolin (simplified Chinese: 孙道临; traditional Chinese: 孫まご道どう臨; pinyin: Sūn Dàolín) (December 18, 1921 – December 28, 2007) was a Chinese actor and film director.

Biography

Sun Daolin was born in Beijing on November 18, 1921. He was born Sun Yiliang 孙以亮あきら into a family of four children. His father Sun Wenyao (孫まご文ぶん耀) was trained as railroad engineer in Brussels, Belgium. His mother Fan Nianhua (范念华) and father both are originally from Jiashan County, Zhejiang. He along with all his siblings learned to speak English since grade school. He attended Yenching University, but his studies in philosophy were interrupted by the Second Sino-Japanese War. During the war he was active in patriotic activities including stage acting and he was jailed briefly by the Japanese Puppet Regime. After the war, he completed his studies and received a degree in philosophy in 1947.

His career had spanned much of the PRC history. One of his earliest roles was in director Zheng Junli’s Crows and Sparrows, a polemic on the corruption of the Nationalist Government just prior to their defeat in the Chinese Civil War. After 1949, Sun continued to act, notably as the eldest brother in an adaptation of Ba Jin’s novel, Family.

Sun Daolin is one of the most famous actors for the 1950-70's movie goer generations in China. Some four decades ago, to many Chinese, he was an idol and perfect Mr. Right for all unmarried women at his time.

In the 1980s, Sun began to focus increasing energy on directing. In 1983, he wrote, directed and starred in the well-received Thunderstorm, based on the play by Cao Yu. His second try behind the camera was 1992’s The Stepmother. After his semi-retirement he was active in poetry, Hamlet, Schubert songs. He was at several international film festivals and as late as the 1990s.

Sun died in Shanghai on December 28, 2007 at the age of 86. At his service 1,000s of fans paid the last respect. He is survived by his wife Wang Wenjuan, a Yue opera actress and a daughter Sun Qingyuan (孫まご慶けい原ばら), one grand child. Wang was best known for her performance in "The Dream of the Red Chamber".

Selected filmography

As actor

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1949	Crows and Sparrows	乌鸦与麻雀まーじゃん	Hua Haozhi
1950	Min zhu qing nian jin xing qu	民主みんしゅ青年せいねん进行曲きょく
1955	Reconnaissance Across the Yangtze	渡江とのえ侦察记	Li	Based on Xiong Zhaoren
1955	Nan dao feng yun	南みなみ岛风云うん	Han Chengguang
1957	Family	家いえ	Chueh-hsin
1957	City Without Night	不夜城ふやじょう
1958	The Eternal Wave	永えい不ふ消失しょうしつ的てき电波
1961	A Revolutionary Family	革命かくめい家庭かてい
1963	Early Spring in February	早春そうしゅん二に月がつ
1977	Spring			Celebrate the collapse of the Gang of Four
1979	Li Siguang	李り四よん光ひかり
1982	The Go Masters	一盘没有下完的棋		partly filmed in Japan
1983	Thunderstorm	雷雨らいう

As director

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1983	Thunderstorm	雷雨らいう
1986	The Provisional President	非常ひじょう大だい总统
1992	The Stepmother	继母

References

• Li, Na and Qian Na. Biography of Sun Daolin (In Chinese) (Shanghai People's Press, 2009 ISBN 978-7-208-08195-6)

External links

• Sun Daolin at IMDb
• Sun Daolin at the BFI Film and TV database
• Sun Daolin at the Chinese Movie Database
• Sun Daolin dies - revered Chinese actor, director San Francisco Chronicle January 5, 2008